My girlfriend won a camcorder in a lottery drawing, took tickets for 10€, and won a JVC GZ-VX715SEK Everio Full HD Memory Digital Camcorder. Quite a nice camera, we don't have one yet, not that I wanted to buy one, but if you get it for free, you take it

It's a new model from this year, and it's listed at Amazon for 340£.

Only downside is, that I bought her a new Panasonic Lumix TZ31 for christmas, didn't give it to her yet, but it was already bought before she won the camcorder. The Panasonic can also film in full HD 1080p, on the other hand, the JVC camcorder can also make photos

The Pansonic even has a bigger optical zoom, so I don't know if we should sell the camcorder later, or just keep it? Which one would be the best for both tasks, or does everyone has its own strengths?